World Bank Chief Targets Climate Change (NPR)

October 22, 2007

On October 22, 2007, NPR quoted CGD Senior Fellow, David Wheeler, in a report about the World Bank's increasing attention toward climate change.

From the report:

"David Wheeler, of the Center for Global Development, said the bank is also grappling with new scientific findings on how climate change will affect poor farmers and food supplies.'Losses in agricultural productivity during the next 70 to 80 years in major regions of the developing world will be enormous, possibly as high as 50 to 60 percent in some regions,' he said."